Chicagoan's race for clean water

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Rusty Funk, 30, walks at the Oak Street Beach with a 40-pound jerrycan of water on August 19, 2015. Everyday he walks 6K with the jug on his back because that's the distance some people in Africa have to walk for water.

Rusty Funk, 30, walks at the Oak Street Beach with a 40-pound jerrycan of water on August 19, 2015. Everyday he walks 6K with the jug on his back because that's the distance some people in Africa have to walk for water.